Green Space
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HRM by Re-Design: Public Transit Inspired
A series that examines urban and architectural issues in Halifax by way of unbuilt proposals authored by different designers, this week featuring a...
By Dustin Valen -
Events Guide: Peasants’ Day and Seedy Saturday
HALIFAX – As springtime sun coaxes greenery back onto our urban landscape, it seems to have brought food sovereignty issues with it. This Saturday...
By Emma Feltes -
Can a convention centre thrive when carbon has a cost?
HALIFAX – Simplified, the debate over the convention centre boils down to this: On the one hand, proponents believe that the convention centre will...
By Emily Richardson -
Determinants of Health and the HCC’s Crosstown Connector
Brought to you in collaboration with the Ecology Action Centre and Halifax Cycling Coalition, SpokesPeople covers all things cycle-related. From the...
By Steve Bedard -
Time to give Citadel Hill a facelift
HALIFAX – Last week, WebUrbanist published a neat article on old star-shaped fortresses still kicking around in the US, Europe and Asia. It struck...
By Jake Schabas -
Events Guide: The Halifax Chebucto NDP AGM
HALIFAX- It’s that time again… time for Halifax Chebucto’s shareholders (us!) to weigh in on how Howard Epstein and his NDP have been...
By Jessica Walker -
A Common Plan
In honour of Councilor Jennifer Watt’s recent motion to Council to impose a ban on mega-concerts on the Halifax Common (up for debate at next...
By Jayme Melrose -
HUG it, but don’t ride it
Brought to you in collaboration with the Ecology Action Centre and Halifax Cycling Coalition, SpokesPeople covers all things cycle-related. From the...
By Mark Lasanowski -
My Urban Garden: NFB short on gardening in Halifax
HALIFAX – With winter whittling down, the soil beginning to thaw, and market-goers quivering in anticipation of a more colourful Saturday morning...
By Emma Feltes -
Chartered spaces
SAINT JOHN – Saint John has a long and proud history of parks and green spaces. As the first incorporated city in Canada, it also became the first...
By Andrew Matheson -
Events Guide: Green Week end… just the beginning
HALIFAX – Dalhousie’s third annual Green Week is coming to an end tomorrow after four (ecology) action packed days. Organized by the Student...
By Veronica Simmonds -
Events Guide: An Evening of Alternative Agriculture